Shamakhi – Lahij Tour

Shamakhi – Lahij Tour Highlights: Tour will start with picking you up from your hotel or any desired place.

In the Shamakhi – Lahij  tour you will visit:

• Diri Baba mausoleum, a mausoleum that built 1402 for a holy person and still attracts locals as a pilgrimage place.
• Juma Mosque in Shamakhi, the most ancient mosque that was built in the Caucasus in 743.
• Yeddi Gumbez Mausoleum complex, mausoleums that built for the family member of the Khan of Shamakhi around 17 th centuries.
• Lahij Village

Shamakhi

It is one of the most ancient cities in Azerbaijan dated back to 5th century BC. In the Middle Ages, Shamakhi was the capital of the Shirvanshahs government. In the Middle Ages Shamakhi was one of the fascinating cities in the east. City also has the biggest astrophysical observatory in the Caucasus. The city itself is not only rich with its nature and beauty but very rich with monuments that have historical significance.

Lahij

Next destination to visit during our Shamakhi – Lahij tour is Lahij village. It is one of the most ancient inhabited cities in Azerbaijan that located in Ismailli region. Lahij is the best example of original architecture that preserved by villagers more than centuries. Lahij Village entered to List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO because the village was one of the best handcraft and trading centers in the Caucasus. The main fame of the village comes from handmade copper products with a magnificent design that all made in the village in traditional way. Now the village is one of the most famous touristic destinations in Azerbaijan because even today the village has dozens of workshops that are making very beautiful handmade copper products. People started to live there from III-IV centuries and even village has water and sewage systems that operate 1000 years.